Truth...

1. AGAIN the twelve were gathered together in the Circle of palm trees, and one
of them even Thomas said to the other, What is Truth? for the same things appear
different to different minds, and even to the same mind at different times.
What, then, is Truth?
2. And as they were speaking Jesus appeared in their midst and said, Truth, one
and absolute, is in God alone, for no man, neither any body of men, knoweth that
which God alone knoweth, who is the All in All.. To men is Truth revealed,
according to their capacity to understand and receive.
3. The One Truth hath many sides, and one seeth one side only, another seeth
another, and some see more than others, according as it is given to them.
4. Behold this crystal: how the one light its manifest in twelve faces, yea four
times twelve, and each face reflecteth one ray of light, and one regardeth one
face, and another another, but it is the one crystal and the one light that
shineth in all.
5. Behold again, When one climbeth a mountain and attaining one height, he
saith, This is the top of the mountain, let us reach it, and when they have
reached that height, lo, they see another beyond it until they come to that
height from which no other height is to be seen, if so be they can attain it.
6. So it is with Truth. I am the Truth and the Way and the Life, and have given
to you the Truth I have received from above. And that which is seen and received
by one, is not seen and received by another. That which appeareth true to some,
seemeth not true to others. They who are in the valley see not as they who are
on the hill top.
7. But to each, it is the Truth as the one mind seeth it, and for that time,
till a higher Truth shall be revealed unto the same: and to the soul which
receiveth higher light, shall be given more light. Wherefore condemn not others,
that ye be not condemned.
8. As ye keep the holy Law of Love, which I have given unto you, so shall the
Truth be revealed more and more unto you, and the Spirit of Truth which cometh
from above shall guide you, albeit through many wanderings, into all Truth, even
as the fiery cloud guided the children of Israel through the wilderness.
9. Be faithful to the light ye have, till a higher light is given to you. Seek
more light, and ye shall have abundantly; rest not, till ye find.
10. God giveth you all Truth, as a ladder with many steps, for the salvation and
perfection of the soul, and the truth which seemeth to day, ye will abandon for
the higher truth of the morrow. Press ye unto Perfection.
11. Whoso keepeth the holy Law which I have given, the same shall save their
souls, however differently they may see the truths which I have given.
12. Many shall say unto me, Lord, Lord, we have been zealous for thy Truth. But
I shall say unto them, Nay, but, that others may see as ye see, and none other
truth beside. Faith without charity is dead. Love is the fulfilling of the Law.
13. How shall faith in what they receive profit them that hold it in
unrighteousness? They who have love have all things, and without love there is
nothing worth. Let each hold what they see to be the truth in love, knowing that
where love is not, truth is a dead letter and profiteth nothing.
14. There abide Goodness, and Truth, and Beauty, but the greatest of these is
Goodness. If any have hatred to their fellows, and harden their hearts to the
creatures of God's hands, how can they see Truth unto salvation, seeing their
eyes are blinded and their hearts are hardened to God's creation?
15. As I have received the Truth, so have I given it to you. Let each receive it
according to their light and ability to understand, and persecute not those who
receive it after a different interpretation.
16. For Truth is the Might of God, and it shall prevail in the end over all
errors. But the holy Law which I have given is plain for all, and just and good.
Let all observe it for the salvation of their souls.

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